Table S2: Dust emission amount and the iron concentrations in siliceous minerals from dust source deserts.
Desert |
Number of samples |
Fe (%) |
Dust production (%) |
Iron influx (Tg*yr-1) |
|
in silicate |
Lower limit |
Upper limit |
|||
Taklimakan |
6 |
0.64-1.67 |
21 |
0.54 |
1.40 |
Qaidam |
4 |
0.92-1.83 |
5 |
0.18 |
0.37 |
Badain Jaran |
2 |
1.58-2.24 |
22 |
1.01 |
2.51 |
Tengger |
1 |
1.37 |
- |
- |
- |
Mu Us |
2 |
1.12-1.15 |
4 |
0.18 |
0.18 |
Hobq |
1 |
1.15 |
- |
- |
- |
Mongolian gobi |
3 |
0.2-1.06 |
29 |
0.23 |
1.23 |
Total |
19 |
|
|
2.14 |
5.69 |
*Dust production percentages are not available for the Tengger and Hobq deserts.